TRAINING WEIGHT — PHYSIC. 169 



exercise for the first three days after the physic 

 has set. That over, proceed to the daily canters ; 

 and though he has been in strong exercise be- 

 fore, commence with only a mile and a half: 

 in a week increase it to two miles ; in a fort- 

 night to three, and then quicken the canter, 

 with due regard to the state of his body, &c., 

 never urging him beyond a hand gallop during 

 the first month ; and during the whole time of 

 training he is never to be pressed to his full 

 speed, excepting at the trials; but the pace is 

 always to go on so gradually increasing, with- 

 out any irregularity in the distance, that his 

 powers may be arriving at their highest pitch 

 by the commencement of the last fortnight. 

 If you are training for a long race of three 

 miles, the morning's canter should be nearly 

 four, in order to get " the length " well into him. 

 If for heats of two miles, the canter should be 

 full four, or there is no objection to your giving 

 it of only the length of the heat, walking a 

 quarter of an hour, and then repeating the same. 

 If for a short race, or short heats, the gallop 

 and distance may be proportionably quicker and 

 shorter, but the exercise is never to be so severe 

 as to produce the least distress. 



You may put it down as a rule that every 

 Arab, during the first two months of training, 



